Magazine for firearms.



Patenied Oct. 28, |902.

No. 7i!,989.

an. MARBLE. MAGZIME FR FMEA-RMS (Application led Dec. 19, 1901.)

(No model.)

UnTTnn STrrTns FnTnNT @Trient ALBERT D. MARBLE, OF YALE, OKLAHOMAlllRRl'IORfv Macaznns .son riassunte.

SEEGIFXGATION forming part of Letters Patent No., 711,989, dated October28, 1902.

Application iiled December 19, 1901. Serial No. 86.569. (N mdel-l !'0@ZZ infront if; rtcty concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. MARBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yale,

'in the county of Payne, Territory of Oklaboina, have invented a new anduseful Magazine for Target-Rides, dro., of which the following is aspecification. rEhe invention relates target-rides and the like.

The object of the presentl invention is to provide for target-rifles ofsmall caliber a magazine designed to be applied to the stock of a rideand adapted to hold a number of artridges in convenient position toenable them4 to be readily inserted in the rifle and capable of enablingsuch cartridges to be carried about without liability of falling frenithe magazine should the rifle be inverted.

The invention consists in the construct/ion and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in. theaccompanying drawings, and pointed to a magazine for f, out in theclaims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure is a perspective view of a portionof the stockof a rifle provided with a magazine constructed in accordance with thisinvention.` Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig.

. of the 3 is a transverse view. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view ofa portion of the magazine, the top plate being separated from the bodyportion. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view illustratinga slightmodifica-tion of the invention.

Lilie numerals of reference designate corresponding partsin all thefigures of the drawings. l

l designates a plate forming the top of the magazine and designed t0 besecured tothe top of the stock 2 of a rifle, as illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe accompanying drawings, and provided at intervals with circularopenings 3, adapted to receive cartridges 4, and the rims of the latterextend beyond the openings Sand rest upon or lit against the outer faceate l, whereby the cartridges are prevented from passing entirelythrough the openings. The plate is let into thestocl: and is provided atopposite sides with perforated cars 5 for the reception of screws orother .suitable fastening devices for securing the magazine place.

The magazine is provided with a series of cartridge-receiving tubes 6,soldered or otherwise secured to the inner face of thc plate andpreferably formed by a single continuous strip of sheet metal,whicn isrolled at the center to'forni the tube at one end of the series" andwhich is crimped at each side to form the remaining tubes, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings. Instead, however, ofconstructing the series of cartridge-receiving tubes of a single pieceof sheet metal, as shown in the accompanying drawings, they may beconstructed in any other Way and may be secured to the inner face of thetop plate in any desired manner.

The cartridge receiving tubes G are of greater diameter than theopenings 3 and are provided with an elastic lining 7, of felt or othersuitable material, which is slightly cornpressed by the cartridges whenthe latter are introduced into the magazine, whereby they will be heldtherein and prevented from falling out should the rifle be inverted incarrying or otherwise handlingI the same. The felt lining also preventsthe magazine from scraping the lubricant from the cartridges 'from thesaid magazine.

In Fig. 5 ci the accompanying drawings is illustrated a slightmodification of the invention, in which the plate S is raised above thestock instead of being recessed or mortised in the same, as illustratedin Fig. 3; but the plate may be of any other desired configuration. Thestock is provided With a suitable recess/or inortise to receive the bodyportion of the magazine, and it may be recessed to receive the plate, orthe latter may project beyond the stock.

It will be seen that the magazine is exceedingly simple and inexpensivein construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied toa ride, andthat it is capable of holding a number of cartridges within easy reach,so that they may be quickly placed in .the rifle. It Will also beapparent that the magazine is adapted to prevent the cartridges fromfalling out when the rifle is inverted and that it will nctscrape thelubricant from the saidcartridges. a

Various changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction ICO Within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted'to Without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention, sneh as varying the configuration of thetop plate and the construction of the cartridge-reeeiving tubes orsockets.

iVliat l olaiin is- Y l. A inegazine comprisinga face-plete designed Lobe mounted ou stock with its outer face approximately flush with theadjacent faces of the stool: and provided with a series ofcartridge-receiving openings, and a Series of sockets arranged at theinner face of the plate and concealed within the stock; said face-platebeing adapted to hold the rims of cartridges at 'the surface of thestock, subsiantially as described.

:3. A magazine comprising a face-plate designed to be arranged on Theexterior of a stoel: and provided with a series oi' openings, andaseries of omtridge-reoeiving tubes fixed to theplate, substantially asdescribed.

3. A magazine comprising a face-plate flesigned to be arranged on theexterior of a stock and provided with a series of openings, and a seriesoi cartridge-receiving tubes fixe-cl to the plate and consist-ing of asingle strip of sheet metal doubled between its ends and crimped at eachside, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto ifiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Y ALBERT D. MARBLE; l Witnesses:

T. G. MOFFATT, W. W. GRAVES.

